Re: is it possible for x10 signal bridge to fail?

["Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks; I don't mind spending for a repeater, or an electrician, it's just I
thought I had read once that repeaters had their ocasional problems (such as
the destination device receiving both the original dim command and then the
repeated one, so it would dim more than desired?).

thanks.


"Robert Green" <ROBERT_GREEN1963@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Chip Orange" <acorange@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> ok, thanks.  Is there one particular brand of passive bridge to be
> preferred
>> to another?
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> Most people find it preferable to switch to an active coupler a.k.a. a
> repeater.  That's because more and more consumer products (compatc
> fluorescents bulbs, UPSs and switching power supplies) are turning out to
> be
> X-10 signal suckers.  An investment in a repeater now might save lots of
> trouble in the future like having to buy lots of filters or calling the
> electrician back to installer a repeater.  Both ACT and Leviton make units
> in the under $100 range.
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> Check Smarthome for a plug-in unit.  You can get either a repeater or a
> coupler in a model that plugs into a 220VAC outlet.  Not as good as a
> panel
> mounted unit, but good enough.  Saves on calling in the electrican.
>
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> Bobby G.
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